Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL78/88 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -22.55909 , 21.719548 |
Location: Ghanzi |
Start Drill: N/A |
End Drill: N/A |
Borehole Type: Exploration |
Drilling Method: Core |
Sample Type: Core |
Depth of Surface Casing: N/A |
Azimuth: Degrees |
Hole Inclination: N/A |
Collar Elevation: N/A |
Borehole Water Strike: N/A |
End of Hole (Depth): N/A |
Hole Diameter: N/A |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 3 | Unconsolidated sand. |
2. | 0 | 3 | U Kalahari - Unconsolidated Sand - no chips recovered. |
3. | 3 | 20 | U Kalahari - Submature, bioturbated lacustrine Sands with abundant quartz and Silcrete granules. |
4. | 20 | 27 | U Kalahari - mature light grey and mottled Silcrete (massive). |
5. | 27 | 45 | L Kalahari - submature, medium to fine grained calcareous, buff - grey -green coloured. Pervasive silcretion below 30m depth. |
6. | 45 | 49 | L Kalahari - massive, mature, poorly - sorted greyish -green siliceous matrix supported Sandstone. |
7. | 49 | 83 | Karoo - reddish brown mature poorly sorted and matrix supported Sandstone, grits and Conglomerateerates at base. |
8. | 83 | 86 | Karoo - reddish -maroon/mauve ferruginous mudstone . |
9. | 86 | 90 | Karoo - maroon coloured, mature and massive, poorly - sorted siltstone. |
10. | 90 | 103 | Karoo - massive buff brown/khakhi coloured, moderate -poorly sorted, medium grained micaceous Sandstone coarsening towards base into a gritstone/Conglomerateerate towards base. |
11. | 103 | 108 | Karoo - purple coloured, massive, medium grained, moderately sorted and matrix supported mature Sandstone. |
12. | 108 | 110 | Karoo - mauve - grey - maroon mud/Sand/siltstone - bsltic probable Conglomerateerate, mud and Sand/siltstone fragments similar to horizons above. bslt very fine grained and micaceous and microstalline. |
13. | 110 | 117 | Karoo - mauve - maroon wthrd fine grained micaceous and massive bslt with tints of buff - colour towards the base. |
14. | 117 | 120 | Karoo - buff - maroon wthrd mudstone - bslt. |
15. | 120 | 124 | Karoo - mauve - fine grained, microcrystalline amygdalaloidal bslt, becomes fresher and dark-grey -green below 121m depth. |
16. | 124 | 141 | Karoo - grey - green micaceous Shales/slate becoming darker and fresher below 129m depth. |
17. | 141 | 248 | Karoo - massive dark - grey, fine grained, microxstalline amygdaloidal bslt with green zeolites weathering /altering to a maroon fringe. |
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